Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Sovereigns, and Charles Seville, Co-Head of Americas Sovereigns, discuss the US’s sovereign rating and the rationale behind Fitch’s recent decision to revise the Outlook to Stable from Negative.

Brian Coulton, Chief Economist at Fitch, joins Ed Parker, Sovereigns Managing Director, to discuss unrelenting global inflation pressures, the Fed’s impending return to a restrictive monetary policy stance and the implications for the global economy.

Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of APAC Sovereign Ratings, and Sagarika Chandra, Lead Analyst for the Philippines, discuss the President-Elect’s economic agenda and the implications for the sovereign’s BBB rating and Negative Outlook.

Doug Offerman, Senior Director for Canadian provincial ratings, and Kelli Bissett-Tom, Director for the Canada rating, discuss the credit impact of the 2022 budget season for Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.

Saif Shawqi, Associate Director, Islamic Finance, and Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance, discuss the development of ESG-related products in the GCC, the growth of green & sustainable sukuk, and more.

Shelly Shetty, Managing Director, Sovereigns, and Richard Francis, Senior Director, Sovereigns, explore the economic and fiscal outlook for Chile in 2022 and the prospects under the new administration of President Gabriel Boric.

Senior Sovereign Ratings Directors Jan Friederich and Erich Morales discuss the economic outlook and operating environment in Turkey following Fitch's February downgrade of the country's sovereign credit rating to 'B+' from 'BB-'.

Paul Gamble, Senior Director of Sovereign Ratings, and Malgorzata Kleniewska Wodtke, Senior Director of Financial Institutions, discuss the macroeconomic outlook for Central and Eastern Europe, including growth expectations, inflation and more.

Thomas Rookmaaker, Head of Asia-Pacific Sovereign Ratings, and Jeremy Zook, Sovereigns Director, Lead Analyst for India, discuss the implications of India’s recent budget for the medium-term fiscal outlook and sovereign rating.

Toby Iles, Head of Middle East and Africa Sovereign Ratings, and Jermaine Leonard, Sovereigns Director, Lead Analyst for Ghana and Zambia, discuss the recent downgrade of Ghana’s sovereign rating and consider Zambia’s G20 Common Framework prospects.